The effect of surface water and wetting on gecko adhesion

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 3080-3086

  Stark, Alyssa Y ^a   Sullivan, Timothy W ^a   Niewiarowski, Peter H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Gecko; Superhydrophobicity; Van der Waals; Wetting

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADHESION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WETTABILITY;

ADHESIVENESS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIZARDS; MALE; WATER; WETTABILITY;

EID: 84865253154     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.070912     Document Type: Article

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